GPs have opposed attempts to move health visitors away from theirsurgeries, claiming it breaks up teamwork in primary care health. Butfollowing the problematic introduction of a computer system to trackimmunisation data, health visitors working in children's centres arebeing drawn back - temporarily - into practices to use GPs' data.
Stuart Kay, chair of London GPs' local medical committee, who describedSure Start as "the bane of life for joined-up management of children",commented: "This might bring health visitors more closely into thefold."
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